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>>>>> "WM" == Walt Mankowski <waltman@netaxs.com> writes: WM> On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 07:24:02PM -0400, Earl J. Morris wrote: >> [...] However, if used with care, it can make the code very >> efficient. [...] WM> Grep for "goto" sometime through the Linux source tree. If WM> Linus uses them, they can't be all bad, right? Like Earl said, it can make code efficient. In a kernel, if you are in the wrong place, you want to get the heck out of there in a hurry. However, if you can, you're probably better off using setjmp/longjmp instead of goto. -kevin -- the purpose of a windowing system is to put some amusing fluff around your one almighty emacs window. Mark Kromer in <36FC3101.37FB9797@mynode.com> ______________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group - http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mail/listinfo/plug